Most of the regions, cities and travel companies in Finland created posters and images of their own, just like the famous resort town of Hanko (Hangö in Swedish) has done here with one of its landmarks – the water tower. Yes, there’s a lot of tennis being played here. The idea was naturally to lure […]
Most of the regions, cities and travel companies in Finland created posters and images of their own, just like the popular resort town of Naantali. The idea was naturally to lure travels from near and afar to Finland. We continuously seek more information about all images in our product range, so please write us if […]
Most of the regions, cities and travel companies in Finland created posters and images of their own, just like the popular resort town of Naantali. The idea was naturally to lure travels from near and afar to Finland. We continuously seek more information about all images in our product range, so please write us if […]
This is the castle of Olavinlinna in eastern Finland. Despite sterling contributions from the Finnish commercial graphic artists, there was still a force that grew ever stronger: photographs. Suddenly one could show things ‘exactly’ as they looked in reality! No exaggerations! No room for interpretation! This is what it actually looks like in Finland! Many […]
When a city turns 600 years it’s really worth a celebration. And how do you celebrate properly? With a poster, of course.
This poster was designed to market the first ferry between Finland and Sweden able to take cars onboard. Viking Line started this route going from Galtby in the Finnish archipelago passing via the Åland islands and then on to a small harbour in Sweden. Nowadays Viking Line runs from Turku, Naantali or Helsinki mainly to […]
In 1952 the Olympics were heading for Helsinki and it was time to market the wild nightlife of this Great Metropol. Problem was… no one, not even the locals in Helsinki, knew we had a night life to boast about. So they left it all to the poster artists…
This poster advertises the medieval castle of Turku (Åbo in Swedish), one of the oldest buildings still in use in Finland.
Most of the regions, cities and travel companies in Finland created posters and images of their own, just like wild and exotic Lapland. The idea was naturally to lure travels from near and afar to Finland. We continuously seek more information about all images in our product range, so please write us if you think […]
Most of the regions, cities and travel companies in Finland created posters and images of their own, just like the city of Viipuri has done here. The idea was naturally to lure travels from near and afar to this quite international city. We continuously seek more information about all images in our product range, so […]
Recently our favourite poster hunter called us: he had found a unique original print of this Lahti poster. What do you reckon, did we buy it or not…?
When Helsinki turned 400 years in 1950 it had to be celebrated with a poster. Luckily artist Gunnar Forsström was around and this wonderful poster was chosen. He also made four other posters (never published) that the Poster Hunters from Come to Finland re-discovered in 2013.
As Päivi Hovi demonstrates in her excellent book MainoskuvaSuomessa (The Advertising Image in Finland), the artist was clearly inspired in this classic and much-loved Furuhjelm poster by his stay in Munich in 1905 and the style of the satirical magazine Simplicissimus.
How could one tempt the boldest travelers to Finland? The answer was that we had to offer something that no other place could. As a result, the advertising people in Hull, England, came up with the brilliant slogan: Finland – Off the Beaten Track. In other words, Finland was described as a country that the […]
This poster belong to the series of four original art works that the poster hunters from Come to Finland found in 2013. They were made by Gunnar Forsström for the Helsinki 450-year celebration in 1950, but were never published. So this is true unique poster art. We are therefore proud to bring you these high […]
Most of the regions, cities and travel companies in Finland created posters and images of their own. Here it’s the idea of spending a holiday driving around in Finland that’s promoted. The idea was naturally to lure travels from near and afar to Finland. We continuously seek more information about all images in our product […]
Most of the regions, cities and travel companies in Finland created posters and images of their own, just like the city of Viipuri has done here. The idea was naturally to lure travels from near and afar to this quite international city. We continuously seek more information about all images in our product range, so […]
Most of the regions, cities and travel companies in Finland created posters and images of their own, just like the city of Lappeenranta in eastern Finland has done here. The idea was naturally to lure travels from near and afar to Finland. We continuously seek more information about all images in our product range, so […]
The central railway station is still the heart of Helsinki. It took fifteen years to build and was completed in 1919. The architect is the mighty Eliel Saarinen. It was used in several travel posters and publications mainly during the 1930’s. The artist for this artwork is unknown. But we continuously seek more information about […]
Forget about the summer, it’s still the winter which is Finland’s trump card. Apart from ski competitions in for example Lahtis and Kuopio it was mainly the State Railways that promoted the Finnish winter, with new travel posters every season. The tourists were to make no mistake: if they were going to Lapland they were […]
